Microsurgical anatomy of the subtentorial supracerebellar and infracerebellar approach to the trigeminal and facial nerves

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 400-407

  Scolozzi, Paolo ^a   Dörfl, Joseph ^b   De Tribolet, Nicolas ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Institut de Anatomie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anatomical study; Cranial nerve; Hemifacial spasm; Neurovascular decompression; Posterior cranial fossa; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000010852     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(99)90035-8     Document Type: Article

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